Berlin Wonderland - Wild Years Revisited 1990-1996

MUSUKU 2025

At last! A new edition of the long sold out classic about Berlin in the 90's.

When the Wall fell in 1989, artists, punks, anarchists, squatters, visionaries, and weirdos discovered the former no-man's-land, the now virtually lawless zone in the middle of Berlin. Clubs, bars, techno parties, galleries, uprisings, and exhibitions sprang up – Tacheles and Schokoladen. All of this became a magnet for young people from all over the world. Between the crumbling facades of old buildings, open spaces were created, and unbridled creativity and a new attitude to life developed. As distant as those wild years seem, one can nevertheless sense how they shaped Berlin into what it is today. Berlin's reputation as a creative city is founded on the myth of the rebellious 1990s. In more than 200 photographs, Berlin Wonderland revives this unique time of awakening, resistance, and reorganization. Looking at today's central Berlin, it seems almost unbelievable that the images were taken just 20 years ago; the city has changed so radically. Where once ruins stood and piles of rubble piled up, crowds of tourists now stroll through the streets. Twenty-five years after the fall of the Wall, it's time to relive the Berlin Wonderland and tell its story in images that hardly anyone has seen. Interviews and quotes give protagonists of that era a voice, bringing the subculture of Berlin's Mitte district back to life.

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